On May 7, 2009, at 2:42 PM, sparaig wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote:
On May 6, 2009, at 6:13 PM, sparaig wrote:
[...]
That is how the yogic tradition perceives the intent of those
who try
to skip the angas.
Is that how you perceive the TM-Sidhis program?
Black magicians? It's one possibility but not necessarily in the way
you would think of it as. Some masters like to use such techniques to
enslave their students so they tend to stick around. So for a
disreputable teacher, they have a certain function.
More often though it's just an error in the way the yoga-sutras are
taught. SBS certainly agrees, as he clearly states siddhis should
trail behind you (i.e. not you chasing after them with formulae). He
quite clearly echoes the sentiments of the yogic tradition and the
Holy Shankaracharya Order as well.
I meant "do you perceive the TM-SIdhis as trying to skip the angas?"
Yes. I'm not alone on that perception.
